Literacy Materials
You can see all 63 pieces of Literacy material on the site in the table below.
Use the search on the right to find material using keywords for topic or title.
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Topic: Colours Focus:Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: ColoursAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A worksheet for beginners highlighting colours with random vocabulary Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Holidays and Travel Focus:3rd person present simple Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: A Summer HolidayAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A literacy based reading comprehension suitable for A0 and A1 learners Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Days and Months Focus:Time and dates Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: The Longest DayAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy based worksheets developed around the topic of June 21st and the Longest day of the year Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Personal Information Focus:Present Simple Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: My name is Li from ChinaAuthor: P B Glennon Beginner reading comprehension with personal information focus Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: countries and cities Focus:countries and cities Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Countries and citiesAuthor: P B Glennon Learners distinguish countries from cities Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Places in Dublin Focus:Present simple and Time Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: The Hugh Lane GalleryAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheets designed to coincide with a day trip to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin. These worksheets can be used to give learners a short insight into what the Gallery is about. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Work Focus:vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Int Title: My CVAuthor: Angus O'Riordain A standard model CV reading comprehension with spot the difference exercise Date added:April 2011 |
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Topic: Shopping Focus:Present Simple, long e vowel sounds Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: A visit to a farmers' marketAuthor: P B Glennon Reading comprehension with questions based on text. Gap-fill, matching exercises, spelling. Present simple focus. Focus on long e vowel sounds, ou, ow, ay and ch sounds. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Places in Dublin Focus:Past and Present Simple Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: The Chester Beatty LibraryAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheets designed to briefly inform A1 learners about one of Dublin's hidden treasures Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Clothes Focus:Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Clothes labelsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheet of clothes vocabulary designed to cut up for classroom use Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Alphabet and vocabulary Focus:Alphabet and letter sounds Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Confusing first letter soundsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheets designed to assist learners understand and engage with first letter sounds with random vocabulary Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Alphabetical order Focus:Alphabetical order focusing on clothes and colours Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Alphabet Order Colours ClothesAuthor: P B Glennon Putting colours and clothes in alphabetical order, missing vowel letters, matching exercises. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Alphabet, vowels Focus:Alphabet and vowels Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: English alphabet and vowelsAuthor: P B Glennon Matching uppercase and lowercase letters, focus on missing vowels. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Body Focus:Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Body partsAuthor: P B Glennon Filling in first and last letter sounds of body parts. Pictures provided. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Clothes vocabulary Focus:Alphabet Order Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Clothes Alphabet OrderAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Putting clothes vocabulary into alphabet order Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Alphabet Order and Drink vocabulary Focus:Alphabet Order Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Vocabulary for drinks with alphabet orderAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Learners can practice putting drink vocabulary into alphabet order Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Alphabet and vocabulary Focus:Alphabet and letter sounds Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Alphabet words and picturesAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy friendly worksheets designed for learners to engage with first letter sounds and alphabet order. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Animals Colours Focus:Colours Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Animals and ColoursAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy based worksheets for beginners focusing on animals and colours Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: health symptoms Focus:Health symptoms, verb Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: ProfilesAuthor: P B Glennon Six short profiles focusing on personal information and health symptoms. Gap fill and true/false exercises. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Grammar Focus:Present simple and spelling Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Present Simple Error CorrectionAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Learners use their knowledge of the present simple to correct spelling and grammatical mistakes in a list of erroneous sentences Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Food Focus:present simple and colours Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Fruit and vegetablesAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy based worksheets aimed at word recognition and basic writing tasks Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Personal Information Focus:Present Simple. Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: My name is AbdullahAuthor: P B Glennon Short text focusing on personal information. Key letter sounds, spelling, reordering sentences and writing execises. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Ireland Focus:Present simple and adjectives Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Ireland ProfileAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy and text based worksheets suitable for AO learners centered around the theme of Ireland and it's characteristics Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Alphabet Focus:Alphabet Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Lower case alphabetAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Large letter lower case alphabet suitable to cut up for classroom use Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Personal Information, Days, Months Focus:Spelling Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Basic Personal InformationAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy friendly collection of worksheets introducing learners to basic vocabulary re: personal information plus spelling sheets for days and months Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Personal Information Focus:Asking Question and Present Simple Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Questions for Personal InformationAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A literacy friendly collection of worksheets focusing on questions around personal information Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Personal Information Focus:Spelling and Present Simple Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Basic vocabulary for Personal InformationAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Vocabulary, spelling and short comprehension in relation to personal information Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Alphabet Focus:Alphabet and letter sounds Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Upper and lowercase lettersAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheets designed to assist learners recognise upper and lowercase letter Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Letter sounds Focus:Pronunciation and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: First Letter Sounds D and TAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Single sheet assisting learners in distinguishing between first letters D and T Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Letter sounds Focus:Pronunciation and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: First Letter SoundsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Vocabulary with images centered around the first letter sounds of D and T, and B and P. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Letter sounds Focus:Pronunciation and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: First Letter Sounds CH and SHAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Two worksheets created to assist learners with their use of vocabulary beginning with Ch and Sh Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Days Focus:Spelling Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Spelling DaysAuthor: Angus O' Riordan 3 worksheets designed to assist with the spelling of days Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Daily Routine Focus:Time and asking questions Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Daily Routine QuestionnaireAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A short, literacy friendly questionnaire suitable for beginners about time and daily habits Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Communication Focus:Present Simple Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: What's your favourite......?Author: P B Glennon Speaking activity. Learners communicate their 'likes,' with writing activity to follow. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Places in Dublin Focus:Reading with questions Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: ImaginosityAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A short text with follow up worksheets based on the children's museum in Dublin, Imaginosity Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Animals Spelling Focus:Spelling Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Spelling AnimalsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy based worksheet for beginners focusing on spelling animals Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Shopping Focus:Present Simple, long e vowel sounds Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: A visit to a farmers' marketAuthor: P B Glennon Reading comprehension with questions based on text. Gap-fill, matching exercises, spelling. Present simple focus. Focus on long e vowel sounds, ou, ow, ay and ch sounds. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Questionnaire and Grammar focus Focus:Past Simple speaking interaction and verb focus Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Ele Title: Past Simple Pair work and ReadingAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A short pair work questionnaire coupled with a short text focusing on past regular and irregular verbs Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Clothes Focus:Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Clothes labelsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheet of clothes vocabulary designed to cut up for classroom use Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Clothes Focus:Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Clothes labelsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheet of clothes vocabulary designed to cut up for classroom use Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Household Focus:Household vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: furniture vocabularyAuthor: P B Glennon Learners match pictures and words with an emphasis on first and second letter sounds. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Animals Numbers Focus:Numbers Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Animals and NumbersAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy based worksheet for beginners Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Grammar Focus:Present simple and spelling Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Present Simple Error CorrectionAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Learners use their knowledge of the present simple to correct spelling and grammatical mistakes in a list of erroneous sentences Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Places in Dublin Focus:Reading with questions Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: ImaginosityAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A short text with follow up worksheets based on the children's museum in Dublin, Imaginosity Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Days and Months Focus:Time and dates Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: The Longest DayAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Literacy based worksheets developed around the topic of June 21st and the Longest day of the year Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Daily Routine. Focus:Present Simple verbs Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Everyday PeopleAuthor: P B Glennon Short comprehension focusing on everyday verbs followed by writing exercises. Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Personal Information Focus:Present Simple for personal information Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Personal InformationAuthor: P B Glennon Learners complete their personal details and write full sentences Date added:November 2014 |
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Topic: Letter sounds Focus:Pronunciation, Letter Sounds and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: First Letter BlendsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan One page worksheet focusing on random first letter blends with pictures Date added:June 2015 |
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Topic: Food Focus:Spelling and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Food Letter BlendsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Two page worksheet looking at letter blends of food vocabulary Date added:June 2015 |
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Topic: Letter sounds Focus:Pronunciation, Letter Sounds and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Letter Sounds Long Short VowelAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Two page worksheet looking at the short and long e and o sounds Date added:June 2015 |
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Topic: Vocabulary and Letter Blends Focus:Letter Sounds, Spelling and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Sport with First Letter BlendsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Short set of activities focusing on the first letter blends of different sports Date added:June 2015 |
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Topic: House and Home Focus:First letter blends; Household vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Things in the HomeAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Various household items with a focus on first letter blends and follow up colourful images with short cloze test Date added:June 2016 |
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Topic: Food Focus:Food vocabulary with repetition and first letter Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Healthy and UnhealthyAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A short set of literacy friendly worksheets focusing on healthy and unhealthy food Date added:January 2017 |
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Topic: asda Focus:asdas Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: testmay302Author: aSDA asd Date added:May 2017 |
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Topic: sadfsad Focus:dscsdac Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: fwfAuthor: dsfdsa fdwfd Date added:May 2017 |
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Topic: First letter sounds Focus:Phonics and first letter sounds Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: c s ch sh first letter soundsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A 1 page worksheet focusing on confusing first letter sounds Date added:May 2017 |
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Topic: sacsa Focus:scs Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: dsaAuthor: scsa scsc Date added:May 2017 |
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Topic: Adjectives Focus:Adjectives and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Any Title: Adjectives and OppositesAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Worksheets re Adjectives and Opposites designed with the literacy learner in mind Date added:June 2018 |
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Topic: The Body Focus:Reading Vocabulary Simple Verbs and Nouns Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: My body is so ImportantAuthor: Angus O' Riordan Text based selection of sheets which focuses on the importance of the body in our everyday lives. This is suitable for literacy and beginner learners Date added:June 2018 |
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Topic: Adjectives Focus:Adjectives and Vocabulary Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: Adjectives and NounsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A learner and literacy friendly collection of worksheets pitched at beginner and pre-beginner level with colourful images and multiple diverse tasks encouraging learning through repetition Date added:July 2018 |
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Topic: Alphabet and Phonics Focus:Phonics, Alphabet and First Letter Sounds Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: The Letter C and 2 SoundsAuthor: Angus O' Riordan This is a collection of worksheets aimed to assist the learner in their understanding of the letter C and it's two varying sounds Date added:July 2018 |
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Topic: Seasons Focus:Vocabulary and Syntax Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: SummerAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A collection of literacy friendly worksheets related to summer with a focus on vocabulary and sentence formation Date added:June 2019 |
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Topic: Jobs and Work Focus:Present Simple Third Person Esol/Literacy?:literacy Level:Beg Title: The Day of a FarmerAuthor: Angus O' Riordan A short reading designed to engage beginner, literacy ESOL learners about the day of a farmer and his many duties. Additional follow up practice sheets included Date added:June 2019 |
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